Folding corner-seat.



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1 FOLDING CORNER SEAT.

APPLICA-T1011 FILED AUG. 16, 1912. IENBWE APB. 13, 1914.

1,099,253. Patented June 9,1914.

.occupied as such.

pant rises from the seat so as to relieve it of hi-s weight the spring19 exerts sufficient pressure 'on the rod 16 tosufficiently draw thebolt 21 from socket 22 in the door 6to unlock the door `below and put'itin condition 'to be opened in the usual way.

The sect is provided with a.V back-rest which may he suitablyupholstered, as shown, and which is divided on the line 23 into twoportions 24 and 25. The part 24 is secured to the vehicle front 5, andthe part 25 is secured to the door 6 and moves with the door when thelatter is opened, as

shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, thereby re-- moving it as anobstruction to passage in and out through thedooropening,

While we have shown the corner door as hinged at its front edge to thefront door post, it may be hinged from its opposite or rear edge withsubstantially'the same results so far as our invention is concerned, butthis latter manner of hinging the door is not in accordance withthe-usual practice in vehicle construction because it swings the doorbuck into contact with the rear wheel. Instead of hingin the seat to thefront wall of the vehicle an the movable back section to the door theseat may be hinged to the door -and the back section above it secured to,the door, and the remaining section-of .the

proper changes in form, construction, andarrangement, the omission ofimmaterial elements and the substitution of equivalents,

y as circumstances may suggest or necessity render expedient.

We claim:

1. A wall member, and a hinged door member in angular relation to thewall mem ber vwhen closed, a seat hinged to one of said members, and adivided back support for the/seat one part of which is secured tothedoor and 'the other part to thejwall member.

.2. The combination of a Wall member, 'a

door hinged to the wall member and occupying 'an angular relation to thewall member when closed, a seat hinged to one of said members, and adivided back support for the seat one part of which is secured to thedoor and the other part to the wall member.

3. The combination, with a corner seat, of a door in the same corner, atwo-part backrest for the scat having one part secured to the door andmoving with it and the other partlsecured to the wal] cornering with thedoor.

4. The combination of two walls meetin at an angle to form a corner, oneof said walls having an opening at the corner, a door for said opening,a seat hin ed to the opposite wall. from the door and olding up againstthe wall to which it is hinged, and a two-part back-rest one part ofwhich is .secured to the door and moves therewith and the Vother part issecured to the opposite wall. 5. The combination of two walls meetin atan angle to form a corner, one of sai walls having an opening at thecorner. a door for said opening, a sent hinged to the opposite wall fromthe door and folding up against the wall to which it is hinged, a twopart back-rest onepart of which is secured to the door and moves with itand the other part is secured to the opposite wall, and means, operatedby the seat when lowered, to lock the door.

6. The combination of two -walls meeting at an angle to form a comen-oneof seid walls having a door-opening at the corner, a door for saidopening, a seat hinged to the opposite wall from the door and folding upagainst the wall to which it is hinged, a two-part back-rest one part ofwhich is secured to the doorl and moves with the door and the other partis secured to the opposite wall, means to limit the downward movement ofthe seat, and means controlled by the seat while in its lowest positionto lock the door. i

7. The combination of a wall'member, `a door member hinged to the wallmember and when closed occu ying an angular relation to said. wall memr, a seat hinged to said wall member, 'and means operated by loweringthe seat on its hinges to lock the door.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set -our hands andl seals atIndianapolis, Indi

